MUL.APIN, written sometime before the 8th century BC, was the most widely copied astronomical text in ancient Mesopotamia: a compendium including information such as star lists, descriptions of planetary phases, mathematical schemes for the length of day and night, a discussion of the luni-solar calendar and rules for intercalation, and a short collection of celestial omens. This book contains an introductory essay, followed by a new edition of the text and a facing-page transliteration and English translation. Finally, the book contains a new and detailed commentary on the text. This is a fascinating study, and an important resource for anyone interested in the history of astronomy. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781138050471 20190121

Since its founding in 1886, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University has been collecting, caring for, exhibiting, and researching objects produced by human cultures around the world. This handsomely illustrated, highly portable volume presents a selection of more than 80 objects in honor of the museum's 150th anniversary in 2016-2017. Dating from Paleolithic times to the present and originating from the Arctic Circle to South Pacific, these selections represent but a fraction of the 1.4 million pieces in the museum's collections. They range in character from the sacred to the profane, the utilitarian to the highly decorative, the deeply symbolic to the outrageously whimsical. Chosen by the museum's curators and staff, the works presented in Far & Near provide a tantalizing glimpse into the wonders of the collections of the Peabody Museum and reflect the skilled artistry of human hands and the endless creativity of the human mind.-- Provided by publisher.

The Swiss theologian Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) was one of the most prominent reformers and the founder of the Reformed Protestant Church in the Swiss Confederation. During the last hundred years more than 200 titles from his private library have been discovered. They give an interesting insight into his interests and sources. The present book contains not only an extensive introduction and a catalogue of these books and manuscripts, but also an inventory of the lost works possessed by Zwingli. They open the door to Zwingli's study and to the intellectual world of an important reformer. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9789004383760 20190318

Since the silent days of cinema, Westerns have been one of the most popular genres, not just in the United States but around the world. International filmmakers have been so taken by westerns that many directors have produced versions of their own, despite lacking access to the American West. Nowhere has the Western been more embraced outside of the United States than Italy. In the 1960s, as Hollywood heroes like John Wayne and Randolph Scott were aging, Italian filmmakers were revitalizing the western, securing younger American actors for their productions and also making stars of homegrown talent. Movies directed and produced by Italians have been branded "spaghetti westerns"-a genre that boasts several hundred films. In Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer's Guide, Aliza S. Wong identifies the most significant westerns all'italiana produced as well as the individuals who significantly contributed to the genre. The author profiles such American actors as Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef; composers including Ennio Morricone and Carlo Rustichelli; and, of course, directors like Sergio Corbucci and Sergio Leone. The most memorable movies of the genre are also examined, including Companeros, Django; A Fistful of Dollars; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; and They Call Me Trinity. In addition to citing pivotal films and filmmakers, this volume also highlights other relevant aspects of the genre, including popular shooting locations, subgenres like the Zapata western, and the films and filmmakers who were inspired by the spaghetti western, including Quentin Tarantino, Richard Rodriguez, and Takashi Miike. An introduction to a unique homage of American cinema, Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer's Guide allows fans and scholars alike to learn more about a genre that continues to fascinate audiences. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781442269033 20190218

This beautifully illustrated book reveals the sharp pleats, high collars, gleaming pastes, colourful beads, elaborate buttons and intricate lacework that make up some of the garments in the Victoria and Albert Museum's extensive fashion collection. With an expertly written text by one of the museum's fashion curators and exquisite colour photography of garment details, complemented by line drawings and photographs, the reader has the unique opportunity to examine up close historical clothing that is often too fragile to be on display. It is an inspirational resource for students, collectors, designers and anyone who is fascinated by fashion and costume. This new edition features an updated design, fresh content and new research, and an introduction that focuses on the makers and processes involved in producing 18th-century fashion. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780500292631 20180910

From the Printer's Mind to the Author's Hand: Paolo Manuzio and His Tre libri di lettere volgari (1556-1560)

by Lodovica Braida

Strategies and Failures of a Renaissance Publishing Venture: The Accademia Veneziana and the Myth of Aldus

by Shanti Graheli

The End of the Manutius Dynasty (1597)

by Angela Nuovo

II. Private Aldine Collections in Europe

Five Centuries of Aldine Collecting in Italy: Known and Less-Known Cases

by Luca Rivali

Aldine Editions in Early Modern France

by Shanti Graheli

Aldine Collecting and Aristocratic Values in French Bibliophily Before and After the French Revolution

by Francois Dupuigrenet Desroussilles and Jean Viardot

III. The Modern Aldine Book Trade

Selling Aldus in the UK (c. 1630-2015): Towards a Checklist of British Sale Catalogues of Books Published by the Manuzio Family

by Paolo Sachet

The Aldine in British Book Trade History: A Look at Three Major Collections

by Nicholas Poole-Wilson

Aldine Tributaries Collecting Aldus Manutius in the 21st Century

by G. Scott Clemons

Collecting the Renaissance: The Aldine Press (1494-1598): Catalogue of an Exhibition

by Jill Kraye, Stephen Parkin and Paolo Sachet

Index of Names.

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Customers in the US and Canada can purchase the link here: https://bit.ly/2M3fDa7 This volume presents six papers from a one-day colloquium held at the Warburg Institute in February 2015 on the legacy of Aldus Manutius, marking the 500th anniversary of his death, together with three additional contributions. Rather than examining Aldus's own output, the nine papers focus on how the notion of `Aldine books' has changed over 500 years in Europe and North America, from the early days of the Aldine press to modern and contemporary book collecting and the antiquarian trade. The volume also includes a catalogue of the exhibition `Collecting the Renaissance: The Aldine Press (1494-1598)', held in the British Library in conjunction with the colloquium. Addressing a wide readership of scholars, booksellers and collectors, The Afterlife of Aldus aims to stimulate further research on areas fundamental for understanding Aldus's long-lasting fortuna. The conference, the exhibition and this volume have received generous financial support from the Bibliographical Society, CERL and Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781908590558 20181008

Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque highlights the museums rich history collection, drawing examples from thirty-five thousand artifacts, works of art, maps, and photographs. The objects range from Native American and Hispanic religious art, textiles and jewelry, toys and early computers, to railroad and Route 66 memorabilia. The collection represents the history of New Mexicos central Rio Grande Valley and Greater Albuquerque from before written history through the present. This book is the third in the Albuquerque Museum Collection Series. Previously published books in the series are Casa San Ysidro: The Gutierrez/Minge House in Corrales, New Mexico by Ward Alan Minge, and Albuquerque Museum Photo Archives Collection: Images in Silver compiled by Glenn Fye. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780890136324 20180604

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, published in association with the National Portrait Gallery, [2018]

Description

Book — 167 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

America's Presidents showcases the nation's largest collection of portraits of all the presidents beyond the White House's own, capturing the permanent exhibition that lies at the heart of the Portrait Gallery's mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it. The book explores presidential imagery through portraits ranging from the traditional, such the iconic and newly restored "Lansdowne" portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, to the contemporary, such as Elaine de Kooning's colorful depiction of John F. Kennedy. Many of the featured portraits reveal much about the sitter, such as the intimate rendering of an informal George W. Bush by Robert Anderson and the fanciful, mosaic-like Chuck Close image of Bill Clinton. Some tell us more about the artist, such as the likeness of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that Douglas Chandor planned to include in a larger work about peace that would commemorate Roosevelt's Yalta meeting with wartime Allied leaders Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. Works in other media, including sculptures and daguerrotypes, round out the presidential collection. Lively narratives accompany each piece, exploring the president's background and biography as well as the work's artistic and historical significance. Taken together, the portraits are a powerful visual exploration of the history of the highest office in the land and the diverse men who have held it. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781588346117 20180312